Bent County register., 1887-01-08
The LAMAR u. 8. LAND OFFICE
OPENs LAST MONDAY WrrH A
Crowd WAITING FOR ADMISSION.
a BIG DAY LAnAR.


The early trains Monday morning
brought many strangers to the city,
and they, with those that had been
waiting here for several days gave
our little city . lively appearance.
The accumulation of business with
our land agents, aud the many who
were anxious to make filings, put on
contests or apply to prove up on their
land, kept the agents busy through
the day. Before the hour for bust
ness 1t the land Office the halls of the
office, the stair-wa and the walks in
front were crowded with the man
that wanted land,-sgents, citizens
and men interested one way or anoth-
er. At o o'clock the DOOR were
thrown open, and the crowd rushed
in. Register Arbuckle and Receiver
Shrock had everything in readiness
and there was no hesitation or de-
lays on their part during the day.
Shortly after dinner there had al
ready been made, ten homestead
filings, eleven declaratory statements,
thirty-two timber culture filings, be-
sides . number of contests and
notices of final proof. On the out
side there was At least twenty-five
thousand dollars worth of real estate
changed hands. This large sale was
partly owing to the Holmes & Par
menter sale of lots in their new ad-
ditiou to Lamar. The buying and
selling of lots, confined to no parti-
cular part of town, was all day kept
up at SO lively rate that man
could not safely say who owned
certain piece of property. tor some
lots changed ownership twice that
day. One man who took time to
from morning until evening
before buying, found in the evening
that the property had changed hands
twice, and that two hundred dollars
had been made by the deal. In sd-
dition to the real estate sales, there
were many business arrangements
completed to the interests of Lamar,
and it 10 . matter of congratulstion
to our town that these arrangements
were mostly in the hands of capital
lists, who are satisfied with the future
of our city, and who will join their
energies and fortunes in the up-build-
ing of our town, engaging in the en-
terprise simply as matter of bust
ness, ~ they consider it safe IN
vestment. Lamar started with =
boom that WAS unequaled by the
history of any other town in the
west. 1t has steadily improved .nd
progressed to that degree of impor-
tance, that the time to make .
second grand surge to the fore was
reached Monday. When we reached
that point, that nothing can now clog
the wheels of fortune until Lamar il
city, the controlling power Of East
ern Colorado.
Capt. and Mrs. Munger, of Gar
den City. and Mrs. J. Blinn, of New
ton, came up on the early train Mon
da~. The Captain returned in the
evening, leaving the ladies to visit
few days with the families of Mr..
Igo and Porter.
To parties who wish to attend
the inauguration of Gov. Adams, at
Denver, January llth, the A. r. d
8. F. will sell round trip tickets from
Lamar to Pueblo and return for one
fare, >4.7O for round trip tickets.
On sale Jan. 9Th and 9th, good TO
return until Jan. l4th.
g. w. McRErNoLDs, Ag't.
We invite the attention of our
readers to the advertisement of the
Lamar Investment Co., in another
column. This firm i. handling lots
in the first addition adjoining the
town on the northeast corner, only